I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music is absolutely essential to our community life.

Light makes photography. Embrace light. Admire it. Love it. But above all, know light. Know it for all you are worth, and you will know the key to photography.

Suicide note. "To my friends. My work is done why wait?"

A good reputation is measured by how much you can improve the lives of others.

What we do during our working hours determines what we have; what we do in our leisure hours determines what we are.

The progress of the world depends almost entirely upon education.

The rich man never really gives anything, he only distributes part of the surplus. It is the person of moderate means who really gives.

The world is moving, and a company that contents itself with present accomplishments soon falls behind.

You push the button, we do the rest.

I don't believe in men waiting until they are ready to die before using any of their money for helpful purposes.

I wouldn't give a dime for all the possibilities of [motion pictures with sound]. The public will never accept it.

Success to me is being happy, truly fulfilled, being proud of myself, and doing different things all the time.

Wisdom comes from knowing the order of things...and you are the first order of your business.

The key to abundance is acceptance. The more you expect, the less you accept.

I don't know where this Arctic wind has come from but it's freezing!

Allowing artist-illustrators to control the design and content of statistical graphics is almost like allowing typographers to control the content, style, and editing of prose.

In golf I am one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush.

Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for.

The adventurer in me felt obliged to testify with a quicker instrument than a brush to the scars of the world.

It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

Often it doesn't occur to you what kind of novel you're writing until quite late on.